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GMX email service provider blocking my emails [closed]

Here a below is source of a sent email to outlook.com (aka hotmail.com) Outlook/Hotmail puts email to the junk What improvements i can make further ? GMX completey blocks my emails so never get ...
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Sending emails using IIS 6.0 SMTP service without using a relay

I am running Windows server 2008 R2 Enterprise with IIS 7.5 & 6.0 and the SMTP service enabled. Following this guide, the SMTP service was installed and configured to relay outbound emails via my ...
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Strange behavior in IIS SMTP service telnet tests

I'm testing a new installation of an SMTP server under IIS. I am running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 64 bit. Enabling the SMTP feature installs IIS6 and sets up an smtp server within it. I want ...
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IIS SMTP server sending emails multiple times

I am having a problem with the SMTP server on a Windows server 2008 box. Every Thursday morning, the server decides to send the same 2000+ emails to the same person. There is nothing in the code ...
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Uanble to connect to SMTP server (IIS) externally

I've set up a SMTP server using IIS 6 on Windows Server 2008. I've set it up for "All Unassigned" IP adresses on port 25. I've also added 127.0.0.1 and the IP to the extrenal source in the "Relay". ...
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IIS SMTP - Prevent messages from being sent - force into SMTP queue [closed]

We are trying to debug a service on our server that is producing emails. I want to be able to force our SMTP server to queue messages in order to give me a chance to restart the rogue service and ...
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Send email from different domains to different external IP's on a single server

I have set up a windows 2008 R2 server to route email from Exchange 2010 using SMTP Server in IIS. I have 3 seperate domains and would like to route each one through a different internal and ...
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Handling emails on a web server - Making sure the FQDN is set correctly based on the website sending the email

I have a Windows 2008 Web Edition server hosting multiple websites using IIS 7.5. At the moment, all the emails are sent via the IIS6 SMTP service. The FQDN of the SMTP service is set to the computer ...
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How to set up smtp server on windows server 2003

I am need to make a web form on one of my company websites and have it email it and save the information to an excel spread sheet. I have made a form but I am working on sending the email now and I ...
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Stop IIS SMTP Server from sending “Delivery Status Notification (Failure)”

I have set the BadMail directory and the 'Send copy of Non-Delivery Report to' fiels is empty but, somehow I am still receiving the failure messages. Is the a way to stop the failure messages?. I am ...
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IIS SmtpSVC - Adding remote domains on the fly

Since I am using SMTPSVC from IIS to send all mail out I have noticed some domains that reject mail regarding LFs and similar SMTP day to day basis problems. So I mostly re route these domains by ...
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IIS SMTP Monitor - gone?

I have a spammer relaying through my webserver somehow. I'm trying to track down the entry point. Many posts on the net refer to a tool called IIS SMTP Monitor, which appears to be something created ...
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SPF blocking some emails. How to complete disable it?

We have configured a SMTP server on IIS. We have not configured any SPF rule. Some emails are going straight to the badmail folder. Most of them have this error message: Address does not pass the ...
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What is a good third-party SMTP software for custom logging?

I am currently using IIS 6 SMTP to send out some of our mail and I unfortunately amn't finding the logging performed by it to be verbose enough - nor am I able to customise it to the level I would ...
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IIS Pausing the SMTP Service what will happen?

If I pause the SMTP service in IIS 6 what will happen to any new mails that are sent? Will they just sit in the pickup folder untill it us turned on or are the rejected?
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Forcing IIS virtual smtp server to verify outgoing TLS certificate

I am in a situation where a web application is using the IIS virtual SMTP server to send out email. The IIS virtual SMTP server is then configured to send all mail out through a smarthost, over TLS ...
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How can email be resent that has been delivered to the Badmail folder in IIS?

We have IIS setup as an SMTP relay. A relay security error caused the outbound emails to be delivered to the badmail folder for the IIS SMTP Service. Is there any standard method for attempting to ...
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Find rejected email from relay from my IIS server

I've got an SMTP server running on IIS Windows Server 2003 that sends mail out via another relay - sometimes that mail doesn't arrive. Where can I find out why mail isn't sent past the relay?
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Adding IP addresses to IIS Virtual SMTP server en masse - is it possible?

So, here's the problem: I have to configure Connection Control IIS virtual SMTP server on Windows Server 2003, to be exact, which IP addresses can use the server. So, I run IIS Manager, open SMTP ...
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How to read the “MS ForeFront” antispam report in email header?

I'm trying to diagnose why emails I'm sending out from my server's IIS SMTP Pickup Folder are getting bounced back occasionally. One tech from a receiving company who couldn't receive the emails ...
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Windows 2003 Server IIS SMTP Sending SPAM

we have a Windows 2003 Server using IIS6 for SMTP and Websites. A couple of weeks ago the server started to send out SPAM emails. I'm trying to figure out how to identify where the SPAM is coming ...
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Configuring SMTP server with PHP / IIS6 / Joomla

I'm trying to configure PHP, Joomla, IIS6 and Windows Server 2003 to play ball with a new SMTP server that I've been told is replacing our existing setup. I've tried the following: PHP: Set php.ini ...
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SMTP Virtual Server stops on restart

Everytime I restart my server, my SMTP Virtual Server stops. There have been a number of times where I've forgotten to start it again and I've caused a number of problems for the sites I am hosting. ...
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Setting up SMTP to receive mail

Thanks to a post on StackOverflow, I was keen to discover that I can set up SMTP in IIS6 to receive mail on my Windows 2008 server. However, I'm having a bit of difficulty as my test email results in ...
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can IIS SMTP server receive messages?

I need an SMTP server to be able to accept EMails. I have a custom written socket listener but wanted to use somethign more robust and less home grown. I wanted to try to get IIS to capture inbound ...
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IIS v6.0 SMTP Default 'From' Address

hey everyone. we have an SMTP server in IIS 6.0 which has the default 'from' address in the following format: ServerName@domain.com it is a basic setup. we have a .net application using this SMTP ...
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SMTP Server Stops on Windows 2008 - Why? And Can I Auto Start It?

I have a Windows 2008 server and am running IIS 6 SMTP on it. Occasionally email will stop working and when I log into the server I see that the SMTP Virtual Server has stopped. What are some causes ...
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IIS or Exchange Appropriate for High Volume, High Performance SMTP Mail Delivery?

A municipal client needs to put in place a email delivery system which is capable of quickly alerting their users via email. We estimate about 10 alerts a day. Each alert will be sent to 1000 ...
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Automatically start SMTP server in IIS?

I'm running an IIS SMTP server in Windows 2008 R2 and it can be started manually. However, if I need to restart the system, I must manually start the SMTP server. Is there a way for it to start ...
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Delivery Status Notification (Delay) messages

Some of my users are getting the "Delivery Status Notification (Delay)" messages in their inbox for mails sent to a single recepient. Here is what confuses me I did the nslookup test and saw 2 MX ...
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Server has Multiple IPs, IIS SMTP Sends on wrong one?

My Server has 4 IP addresses. (IPs are for example only) 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.5 1.2.3.6 1.2.3.7 Under IIS, I have a Virtual SMTP Server on 1.2.3.5, on port 25. The virtual server installed there at the ...
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Checking an Windows 2003 SMTP server from the command line?

I have a simple SMTP server installed on an IIS instance on a Win2k3 server. I want to figure out why my messages have stopped being relayed, but apparently I have to install Exchange System Manager ...
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Dual SMTP Server issue with Unicast Network Load Balancing

Using two servers with NLB, each box contains IIS and a mail server. Server1 is the primary Server2 runs the backup mail server The problem is the web app sends email to ourselves. When mail is sent ...
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New server cannot send mail

I'm retiring our 10 year old web server (no more Pentium III - yay!). A few of the pages on the web site it hosted have forms that cause e-mails to be sent to certain people. These e-mails are sent ...
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WAN IP displayed in Headers when sending via SMTP Virtual Server

On my Windows server 2008, I have IIS 7, ColdFusion 9, and the virtual SMTP service installed. I host several applications on the server that send emails using the virtual SMTP service. Each ...
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How can I make so IIS SMTP uses Credentials when connecting

MY SMTP is working without any password or username, Iam trying to configurate my SMTP so it uses credentials when sending mail. On my ASP.net app I have added credntials, but the SMTP works also ...
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SMTP server hacked and Spammed - hotmail.com blacklisted

We recently set upp a new SMTP server and during the night someone used it to spamm. Next day We saw that it was over 90 000 mails in the queue folder. After that I chaned the incoming port and also ...
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Disabling SMTP verbs on Windows 2008 & IIS

I am running the SMTP service from IIS 7 and would like to disable the SMTP "turn" verb. The SMTP service is configured through the IIS 6.0 Manager (if this helps) Google has not been too much help ...
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IIS SMTP setup and Received From?

When I telnet from my hosted server and start an SMTP session the Received from address is my IP address of the server. When I send mail from my smtp servcie in IIS I see my hosting company's mx ...
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Dummy SMTP server as a service

I have a Windows Server 2008 machine with IIS installed which is hosting a webapp that is sending some notification mails once-in-a-while. What I'd like to do is to monitor the email sent by the ...
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smtp server in iis6/ win2003 - how to prevent hackers/spammers from using it

Anyone have any checklist for securing the smtp server on my web server so no one else can hack it and send spam fro it?
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IIS SMTP configuration gets reset?

LS, A few months ago I configured our recently acquired Windows Server 2008 server. I set up the IIS SMTP, everything was working great. However, a few days back the IIS SMTP server just lost it's ...
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IIS SMTP server (Installed on local server) in parallel to Google Apps

I am currently using free version of Google Apps for hosting my email.It works great for my official mails my email on Google is support@mydomain.com. In addition I'm sending out high volume mails ...
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Mail queue directory stuck in IIS SMTP server

We have an IIS SMTP server which sends out a largish number of mails (4000 or so) in batches overnight, and recently we've seen mails get "stuck" in the queue directory. Normally restarting the SMTP ...
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Can the IIS SMTP server deliver mail to a program?

I need to receive SMTP mail and pipe it to a program. Can the IIS SMTP server deliver mail to a script or program? I've looked on 2008 R2, but don't see an option for this. EDIT: This is for a ...
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IIS SMTP Configure Delivery Status Notification Content

how can I configure IIS SMTP sever to not attach the original mail to the Delivery Status Notification messages? The problem is that when sending newsletters with fairly large attchemnts all these ...
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How do I format a text file for IIS Mailroot Pickup so that it sends an e-mail with attachments?

How do I need to format a text file so that it can be read by an SMTP service to send an e-mail that has an attachment? We have a server where we are using II6 SMTP to send mail from a Pickup folder. ...
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E-mail duplication problem

I have taken out a hosting agreement with a well respected hosting provider for a couple of internet facing servers. We have deployed several applications to these servers which send various e-mails ...
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Windows 2003 SMTP virtual server, why emails are not delivered?

Configured Windows 2003 as my email client, everything works fine with POP3 (i'm able to recieve emails), the problem is with SMTP and i can't figure out how to find where excatly this problem is, ...
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Trouble with IIS SMTP relaying to Gmail

I appreciate that similar questions have been asked about how to setup SMTP relaying with IIS's virtual SMTP server. However I'm still completely stumped on this problem. Here's the setup: IIS 6.0 ...

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